Corn-husking implement.



s; B. DYKES.

CORN HUSKING IMPLEMENT. APPLICATION FILED DEO.28,1908

I Patented Nov. 30,1909.

SPENCER B. DYKES, 0F ESBON, KANSAS.

CORN-HUSKING IMPLEMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 30, 1909.

Application filed December 28, 1908. Serial No. 469,713.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SPENCER B. DYKES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Esbon, in the county of Jewell, State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Corn- I-Iusking Implement, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in a corn husking implement adapted to be strapped to the hand and provided with a husking prong to engage with the husk of the ear and to hold the ear and assist in tearing olf the husk.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a front view of my device and Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view on the line 22, Fig. 1.

In the drawing C represents the usual base or body portion of a husking implement provided with buckles F fastened by the parts E, to said body portion and straps D whereby the device may be strapped to the left hand. Upon the body portion is riveted by rivet-s a piece of sheet metal B, punched, and off-set to form a V-shaped husking tooth A. It will be noted that the base plate is concave so as to fit the portion of the palm near thethumb, and that the olf-set tooth is bent into a line approximately parallel to the surface of the base plate.

In operation the implement is strapped on the left hand which holds the ear of corn, the husking tooth is forced into the husk which steadies the ear of corn while with the other hand the husk is readily and rapidly stripped from the ear, thus saving and taking off a great deal of strain from the left-hand which will prevent sprained left wrists as is now the case without my corn husking brace.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is In a corn-husking device, the combination of a flexible body portion adapted for the attachment to the hand and having at one end an inset portion conforming to the shape of the thumb, a base plate secured to the body portion, said plate being convex to conform to the palm of the hand and having an inset corresponding to the inset in the body portion and sllghtly spaced therefrom, an outstanding V-shaped holding spur secured to said base plate and extending substantially parallel therewith at its outer portion, connecting straps and attaching means provided at opposite ends of the body portion; said straps being adapted to pass on opposite sides of the thumb.

SPENCER B. DYKES.

Witnesses:

C. F. CAMPBELL, J. S. SPAULDING. 

